CVE-2004-2502

im-switch before 11.4-46.1 in Fedora Core 2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imswitcher[PID] temporary file.

CVSS v2.0

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 57th percentile

Published

2005-10-25

Updated

2024-08-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24278

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2004-2501
• CVE-2004-2505
• CVE-2004-2496
• CVE-2004-2507
• CVE-2004-2494
• CVE-2004-2508